Riverdale : those actors who have failed to play the roles of Archie, Betty, Jughead and Veronica

Riverdale : those actors who have failed to play the roles of Archie, Betty, Jughead and Veronica

Fans of Riverdale are accustomed to KJ Apa, Lili Reinhart, Cole Sprouse and Camila Mendes. But at the start, other players have failed to embody the now-famous Archie, Betty, Jughead, Veronica. Find out who are those who would have been able to interpret the heroes of the series to Netflix.

Archie Andrews

Cole Sprouse, who embodies Jughead was originally intended as Archie. In an interview with WWD, the ex-star Disney has confessed that the production of Riverdale, wanted to see him in the main role. But he was not very interested in the show, Netflix has agreed to join the cast only if he was the son of FP Jones, whom he found more interesting to play thanks to its “outsider”.

Another actor who failed to take the mop of red-haired ? Charlie DePew alias Jake in Famous in Love, the series with Bella Thorne. He has entrusted NKD Magazine : “This is played between KJ Apa and me, and I think we all know how that ended”.

Finally, Casey Cott, who plays Kevin Keller (the son of the sheriff) in Riverdale , too, had initially applied for the role of Archie.

Betty Cooper

Camila Mendes alias Veronica in Riverdale has revealed to Entertainment Weekly that Betty could have been embodied by Katherine Langford. “I remember that we have seen in the auditions” she had explained, “We went to eat a falafel with a guy who auditionnait for the role of Archie”. Ultimately unsuccessful, the actress has been casted for Hannah series, 13 Reasons Why.

The creator of the show, Netflix, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, for his part, revealed to Entertainment Weekly that Kiernan Shipka, the heroine of the New adventures of Sabrina had been so “iconic in Mad Men,” that he wondered “if it could embody Betty'”. But in the end, he preferred the place as Sabrina Spellman.

About Madelaine Petsch (Cheryl), she said in a Q&a on his Youtube channel : “I was coming to as Betty for the producers,” but it is the character of the red-haired arsonist that she won. “I’m pretty sure they knew since the beginning that they wanted that I play Cheryl” she even added.

Jughead Jones

As for Jughead, it’s a Chance Perdomo (Ambrose Spellman in The new adventures of Sabrina) who had passed the audition for the role. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has in effect told The Hollywood Reporter, stating that he was “so taken by the recording of the hearing of a Chance for Riverdale high” that he wrote the role of Ambrose “with Perdomo in the head”.

Riverdale : Chance Perdomo (The new adventures of Sabrina) has failed to play Jughead (Cole Sprouse).

Veronica Lodge

Finally, Veronica has failed to be played by Olivia Ryan Stern. If it means nothing to you, yet it is appeared in six episodes of season 1 of Riverdale as Tina Patel. The actress was also present in a few episodes of the series Beyond , and Van Helsing.

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Dave Zakarian

Dave Zakarian has been a reporter on the news desk since 2013. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Koz Post, Dave Zakarian worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella.